Lifeline’s solution protects the millions of dollars invested in your COBOL source code. Lifeline’s facilities are built for and used by Fortune 500 corporations, but priced within the reach of SMB users faced with arduous uptime and/or compliance requirements.

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It’s been a couple years since research revealed a startling discovery: Across the board, in various industries, more data centers were sitting comatose than realized. The study, which was conducted by Stanford University and Anthesis, found that about 30 percent of servers were what they described as “comatose” — not providing computing services for at least six months.

That study confirmed what the research firm Gartner had earlier indicated — about 80 percent of IT budgets are spent to simply “keep the lights on” and only 20 percent to create new business

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With about 4,000 ransomware attacks crippling companies daily in 2016, it’s apparent that this is among the top cyber threats companies will need to guard against in coming years. According to IBM Security, that number — four times the number in 2015 — reveals the alarming rate at which ransomware events are occurring.

In spite of the massive number of companies impacted by ransomware, Barkly noted that many companies haven’t taken the measures needed to develop more secure cybersecurity measures.

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If we learned anything in 2016, it was this: The need to beef up cybersecurity — no matter the size or type of industry — is paramount in 2017.

It has been a painful lesson learned as institutions and businesses — from Yahoo! to the Democratic National Committee and federal agencies — were added to the long list of cyberattack victims in recent years.

According to research experts, things will get even more challenging in coming years. For example, Gartner predicts that 25 percent of cyberattacks among enterprises will involve Internet of

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With 2017 upon us, now is a good time as any to take a look at the new developments that will be shaping the data center industry for years to come. Take a look at what leading researchers and experts say about the top emerging trends, including the shift away from corporate data centers and evolving job demands.

Number of data centers set to peak. According to the IDC, several factors are leading to a decline in data centers. The total number of data centers will peak at 8.6 million in

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As climate change advances as a top concern globally, IT experts are pressed to discover more innovative ways to minimize the data centers’ impact on natural resources. The cooling process, which makes up 40 percent of the power consumed by data centers, is getting some of the most intense scrutiny.

According to the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, office buildings with data centers use a significantly larger amount of energy than office buildings without them — primarily because of factors like cooling, electricity, and computing demands. Also, since data centers work

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With the demands on data centers increasing, fueled in part by the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, expectations are rising for uptime to remain consistent — at 100 percent 24/7. Yet, there is also an increasing expectation that data centers will address the equally rising demand for power.

The U.S. Department of Energy, for example, has launched a “Better Buildings Challenge” initiative that encourages commercial buildings, institutions, and multi-level housing developments to reduce energy consumption 20 percent by 2020. Within a five-year period, partners in the program have contributed

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In the IT/tech industry, or any other industry for that matter, it’s easy to search for the trends and successes that are catapulting companies to success. However, it’s a good idea to look at what isn’t working. That’s why InformationWeek included a question about the mistakes 100 IT leaders made in an extensive survey.

More specifically, the survey questioned the IT experts about the mistakes they made when it came to working with vendors. Following are several of their most commonly cited vendor mishaps. Maybe they will help you determine where

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As if the data center industry needed another reminder of vulnerabilities facing companies, a widespread cyber attack recently impacted millions of personal devices connected to the internet, including routers and security cameras.

According to a representative for Dyn, which was the primary target, the incident was unprecedented. “What we discovered was that it was a part of an botnet attack called the Mirai botnet, which basically goes into folks’ homes and takes over Internet of Things devices and literally turns them into attack vectors,” said Kyle York, chief strategy officer, in

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As a leader in electrical components, Mitsubishi’s Electrical Products & Solutions (EPS) Magazine is the ultimate purchasing guide for electrical contractors. The magazine does a great job of providing valuable, relevant and timely information that can be used to make educated purchase decisions regarding anything electrical.

In the November 2016 issue of EPS Magazine, we were interviewed about our innovations in the data center field, which have included our optimal use of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) and the construction of our EMP-ready data center in Fort Wayne.

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